Tank-car.



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PATENTED MAR. v5, A1907 R. BRO-WN.

- 'TANK GAR.- APPLIGATION FILED DEO.1, 1906.

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TANK-CAH.

Patented March 5, 190'?. 4

Appncagionioa December 1, 1906. senil No. 345,855.

To .n/, 'uf/milt t 'n1/ty concern:

Be 1t known that l, THOMAS It. BROWN, a

citizen of the lllnited States, residing at the'y city, county, and State of New York, have @invented a certain new and useful improveit appertains to inake and use the same, ref

erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speoiiioation, in Whichlligure l is a side elevational view, partlyY 'in 'vertical section, oi a tank-oar constructed in accordance with iny invention. liig. 2 is a sectional wiew taken on tlie line 2 of liig. l; and Figs. 3 to l0, inclusive,` illustrate inodiiied forms oi' longitudinal sills.

lliisiinventionvrelates to nevi' and useful improvements in tanlccars.

'in a tank-car constructed in accordance with 'my invention the tank structure is reinforced by a longitudinal sill which forms a part of the tank. This longitudinal sill ties 'the tank structure together, receives the` boiling and pulling stresses, and is arranged in suoli a manner that the tank structure above said sill is protected from the violent shocks of bulling and pulling.

Referring to the drawings, tlie tank is provided with. a suitable iilli1igclon1e l and a clischarge-valve 2.

3 indicates a running-board, and 4 is a. hand-rail.

5 indicates a trough-shaped longitudinal sill which is preferably deepest at the center and ta )ered toward its ends. The vertical webs oi the sill 5 are spaced. apart at tlie top vby short channels AThis sill is provided with top ilanges 7, which are riveted to the v lower edges ol'` circumferential tank-slieets 8.

The tank-sheets e are telescopically arran ,ged and r'veted together at their overlapping edges. illu-i ends of the longitudinal sill 5 are riveted to end tank-sheets 8a, which preferably torni a complete circle. The ends ol the tank are closed by heads 9.

:indicates a tankbrace located inside of and near tlxe ends of the tank. This brace,

which is riveted t0 the bottom of the tank,

serves as a continuation of the longitudinal sill and reinforces the tank structure adjacent the draft-sills 1l` and bodyholsters l2.

The leoclywbolsters and. draft members, which may be 'of' any suitable construction, are secured together and riveted to the bottom ot the tank. Extensions 13 are formed integral with orv secured to the lucdy-bolstcrs- 'lliese extensions are arranged longitudinally the tank and riveted thereto.

The longitudinal sill 5 connects the bodybolsters ard, ii desired, could extend trein end to end of the tank. The crossseetion of this sill .may loc varied in ina-ny ways. For example, iii-g. 3 illustrates a rncdilication in which verticallgearrangcd plates le are inten posed between. tlie vertical webs of a sill 5 and a channel 6, said plates extending into the tank.

ln tlie modification 'shown in llig. 4 the vert zal .i ebs oli' a sill 5b extend into the tank and are spaced apart by means oi eliannels 6b. Angles 15 connect the sill to the tank.

ln liig. 5 the vertical Webs of ille sill 5" are spaced apart by flange d plates G0.

Fig. t illustrates a forni in which vertical plates 14a are rivetedto the sill 5d. 'lliese plates extend into the tank and are provided .Witliintegral flanges or angles i6 at tlieir upper ed ge, to which conneclingdA ars 6d are riveted. Fig. 7 illustrates a niodiiication in Vvvlxicli the trough-shaped sill 5e is reinforced a pair of vertical 'plates 17, which extend into the tank, and another pair of plates 18, which extend lxelou' tlie tank. Angles 1,9 are riveted, to the lower edge of tlie plates 1S. ln tire 'modification shown in llig. 8 tlic vertical Wolfs ol a sill 5f extend into the tank and are connected thereto by means oi' angles 15a. Angles 20- are riveted to the upper edges of said webs, and connect-i1ig-liars(i are riveted to said angles. y I

Fig. t) illustrates a forni in Wliicli depending plates 21 are riveted tothe tank and reinlorcedliy angles at their loweredges. A trough-skaped inenilicr 5g is arranged lretween and` riveted to the plates 21. rllie meinlzer 5g extends into the tank and is'provided with a perforated cover-plato Gf.

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'ln the forni in llfigg. l() channels "22 are spaced apart and secured to tlie tank. 'A

continuous plate 2- is riveted to the lower flanges o'l the channels 22. The upper flanges of `these channels are connoctc( tov gctlicr by moans' of bars 24,-"Wl1iel1 are rivted tosaid channels.

I am aware that minor changes in the connv l struction, arrangement, and combination. of the several parts of my device can be made and substituted for those herein sliown and described without departing from thenature and principle ofv my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

io 1`. A tank-'car without outside sills in which a trough-shaped longitudinal sill is riveted to tlge tank said sillforming thesole supportingiframe member for the tank.; substantiallt as described. V Y z 5 2. In a tank-car without outside sills, a 'trough-shaped longitudinal sill .which `is flanged at tlie'top and riveted to the tank said sill forming the sole supporting frame member for the tank; substantially as described'.

3. In atank-car-without outside sills, a longitudinal sill'or sills provided with vertical websl which' are connected to the lower edge of4 circurnferenti'altankLsheets; substantially as described.

4. In a tank-car without outside sills, a tank comprising circumferential sheets, the `lower edges of which are spaced apart and conne'cted to thevertical Welgs of a longitudinal sill or sills; substantially 'as described.

5. A tank-car in whiclrliodylgolsters are connected only bye longitudinal sill which forms a part of the tank said sill forming the sole supporting frame member for the tank; substantially as descriled.

G. A tank-car without outside sills inA ,y

Ywhich the lower edges of circumferential tank-sheets are spaced apart angl riveted'to .a longitudinal sill; sulstantially as described'. 4e 7. A-tanlrfcar without outside sills in which the lower edges of circumferential tank-sheets are spaced apart and riveted to a trough-'shaped 'longitudinal sill;-sulstan tially as described. 'l '8.1i tank-cdr without outside sills in which a longitudinal sill is riveted to the lower edges of circumferential tanlr-slieets,' sul stanteially as descrir` ed.

9. In a tank-car without outside sills, a lon gitudiual sill or sills provided with vertical webs and top flanges which are connected tothe lower edges of circumferential tanksheets; substantially asidescribcrl.

l0. In a tanlcar without outside sills, a longitudinal sill o1' sills provided with vertical. webs which are connected. at the top and.A bottom., said sill or sills being secured to thc lower edges of circumferential tank-shoots; substantially as described.`

.11. In a tank-car without outside sills, a longitudinal sill provided with vertical webs which are connected atthe bottoni by an vintegral sheet and connected at the top by interposed spacing members; substantially 6 5 as described,

I per edge; substantially as sill which is flanged ses 12. InV a railway-car withoutl'outside sills,

body-holsters connected by"atrough'shaped'f longitudinal sill -which is flanged at its upperlongitudinal sill which .is deepestvat its middle I portion and-provided with :flanges at its updescribed.

'14. Arailwaycar without outside sills inV 'which the buling and pulling stresses are trlansrnitted to a trough-shaped longitudinal at its stant-ially as described. y I,

15. A tank-car in which the tank is reinforced adjacent the draft members and bodybolsters minate short of the center'ofI 'thecam substantiallyv as described. I

16. Ina tank-car, the combination with a tank, of draft members, body-bolsters con upper edges; sub- Inected by a longitudinal sill which terminates' at the bolsteifpoints, and internal tankbraces which terrninateshort of the center` beingseeur'ed to the of the car, said bracestank adjacent said draft members and bodybolsters; substantially as described.

17. In a ,tank-car, the combination with a tank, of body-holsters provided with extensions which are arranged longitudinally the by internal tank-braces which tertank and secured to the' under side thereof, a y

longitudinal sill or sills connecting said bodybolsters and interiorly-arranged braces connected to the ends of said longitudinal sill; substantially as described.

18. A tank having an outwardly-projecting stiffening member' and inwardly-extending braces, said; braces being arranged only at the ends ofthe stiffening member 19. A tank-car having a' trougheshaped supporting ember whose vertical side walls extend up into the tank.

20. A tank-'Carshaving a trough-shaped supporting member'wliose vertical side walls extend up into the tank, and whose upper edges are reinforced.

2i., A tank-car having a trough-shaped supporting member whose vertical sid'e walls extend-up into the tank where theyl are connected..

22. A tankcar having l a trough-shaped supporting member whose vertical side walls xtend down below said trough-shaped inem- 23. A tank-car having a trough-sl1aped supporting member Whose vertical side walls roc' IOS i IIO extend down below said trough-shaped mem- 

